Leslie School District No. 23 or Leslie Public Schools was a school district headquartered in
Leslie, Arkansas
Leslie is a city in Searcy County, Arkansas, Searcy County, Arkansas, United States. Located within the Boston Mountains, the most rugged subset of The Ozarks, the city was founded as a railroad and lumber town. Renamed from the original Wiley's Co ...
. It operated the Leslie School a.k.a. the Leslie Public School, which had all grades in a single building; high school students occupied the eastern part of the building while elementary students occupied the western part. the district had over 40 employees and 240 students. The high school portion of the building included a gymnasium.
[Leslie Public School]
" Leslie School District. June 4, 2003. Retrieved on October 16, 2017. The mascot was the bulldog.
History
In 1910 the Leslie school had been established.
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Leslie School's class of 1996-1997 had the highest Arkansas Pilot Exit Exam scores in the State of Arkansas.]
" Leslie School District. May 3, 2003. Retrieved on October 16, 2017.
On July 1, 2004, the Leslie district and the
Marshall School District
Searcy County School District No. 17 (SCSD), formerly Marshall School District #17 (MSD), is a public school district headquartered in Marshall, Arkansas. The school district encompasses of land in Searcy, Van Buren and Marion counties. consolidated to form the
Searcy County School District
Searcy County School District No. 17 (SCSD), formerly Marshall School District #17 (MSD), is a public school district headquartered in Marshall, Arkansas. The school district encompasses of land in Searcy, Van Buren and Marion counties. ,
[ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls]
" Arkansas Department of Education
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
. Retrieved on October 13, 2017. with the Marshall district annexing Leslie. This consolidation occurred because the Leslie district had fewer than 350 students and an Arkansas law passed in 2004 required school districts to have at least 350 students.
[Executive Summary Searcy County Public Schools]
." AdvancED. p. 2 (PDF p. 4). Retrieved on October 16, 2017.
References
Further reading
Maps of the district:
Map of Arkansas School Districts pre-July 1, 2004*
Download
External links
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Leslie School District No. 23 Searcy County, Arkansas Regulatory Basis Financial Statements And Other Reports June 30, 2004"
Defunct school districts in Arkansas
2004 disestablishments in Arkansas
School districts disestablished in 2004
Education in Searcy County, Arkansas
School districts established in 1910
1910 establishments in Arkansas
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